Who else makes a "Welcome" bulletin board each year? It's fun to see my new students find their name on the board and feel like they belong. It's also fun for me to pick a cheesy theme and accompanying pun. Now that I have a Silhouette, I'm enjoying the process even more! This board is ready to hang, it's just waiting for my class list so I can add names on the arrows.
I have a couple of tips to share with you, some things I do to help me each year.
Tip 1: Build your bulletin board on the floor.
Not everyone would prefer this, but our boards have to be hung high due to coat racks and I'd rather get it done without going up and down a step ladder! Another great thing about building on the floor is you can move things around before you attach them permanently. It really helps the design process. Here is one of my trials:
Tip 2: Have extra name pieces in the design.
I cant tell you how many times I have gained a new student the day if open house or the first day of school. More years than not I've had at least one change to my class list within days of school starting. If you have extra spaces already in the design, then you just have to add the new name and you're good to go!
This year I am crazy about arrows for some reason. The idea for this design came from wanting to use arrows! My awesome teaching team helped me with the saying and now all that's left is for me to get my class list and add the names. I also love that I got to sit at home with Netflix and make this. It's so much more fun for me to be able to make this an at home craft project instead of piece this together between meetings and professional development!
PS- This is what happens when the cat puts her two cents in on the design process:
For those of you with a Silhouette, here are the specifics:
Fonts: Cedar from fontbundles.com KG The Last Time by Kimberly Geswein and found on dafont.com Arrows: (both are from the Silhouette store) Arrow Pointer Set Echo Park Arrows
I’ve had such a great response to this bulletin board that I turned it into a cute t-shirt! Available on Amazon here:
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